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Halloween Hike on Lovequist Loop

This past Thursday my long time friend Jeff drove up from southern NH to go for a hike with Alex and I. Forecast-ed afternoon rain and a late morning start had us looking for a short hike nearby. Looking at the map I picked out Church Pond Loop Trail, a nice looking 2.5 mile flat loop that starts from Passaconaway Camp Ground. I then made a rookie mistake and neglected to check the AMC White Mountain Guidebook for details. Shortly after leaving the car we encountered the Swift River, sans a dry crossing option. I would later read at home that this forge requires getting wet, and half this loop trail was washed out and closed in 2011. After scouting a hundred yards down the river we decided to head somewhere else, and made our way back down the Kanc to the Rocky Gorge parking lot.

Alex, along with our departed Bear, had hiked this short 1 mile loop back in July 2012 and it was part of my second ever blog post.

Only minutes from the car we came across this festive group.

Happy Halloween Hike!

This is the first hike that Alex has wanted to walk most of it himself. He was self-powered for about half the 1 mile loop.

“I walkin'”

Falls Pond

A nice bit of trail

Bridge over the Swift River

The top

While a short hike it was nice to get outside and catch up with a good old friend I hadn’t seen in about a year. It was also nice watching Alex explore and hike under his own power. I think next year we’ll take the clue from the revelers we saw at the start of our hike and go for a jaunt in costume!